Gender and the Economic Crisis - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 185339713X ISBN 13: 9781853397134

Casa editrice: Oxfam Pubns, 2011

Riassunto

The current global economic crisis is expected to lead to millions more people being pushed into extreme poverty. The effects are profoundly different for women and men, and the existing gender inequalities and power imbalances mean that additional problems are falling disproportionately on those who are already structurally disempowered and marginalised. The economic crisis is the latest element in a complex web of shocks and longer-term traumas affecting women, men and their families in developing countries. These include food and fuel shocks, changing climatic conditions, and the HIV pandemic. For many people living in poverty, these crises are experienced as one multifaceted crisis, which has accentuated alreadyexisting underlying chronic concerns in both the productive and the reproductive (care) economies of the world. While these issues remain largely invisible to mainstream economists and policymakers, they are critical to the development of effective and sustainable responses to the crisis. Contributors to this book map the emerging impact of the economic crisis on women, men and their families in different contexts, and suggest policy and practice changes.

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• Editore: Oxfam Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 185339713X
• ISBN 13: 9781853397134
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 167
• Redattore: Pearson Ruth, Sweetman Caroline
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